It’s In the News, a look at the top stories and headlines from the diabetes community happening now. Top stories this week: an existing drug for arthritis is being studied for treatment of T1D, poison control centers report a big increase in calls about misdosing of Ozmepic and semaglutides, Tandem releases it's Tandem Source software, we've got an update on a possible non invasive glucose monitoring system, ADA releases it's standards of care and more!
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Hello and welcome to Diabetes Connections In the News! I’m Stacey Simms and every other Friday I bring you a short episode with the top diabetes stories and headlines happening now. XX In the news is brought to you by Edgepark simplify your diabetes journey with Edgepark XX Our top story this week… XX A world-first clinical trial has found a common drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis can suppress the progression of type 1 diabetes in recently diagnosed patients. Australian reserachers say they’ve discovered that baricitinib bare-uh-sit-en-ub can preserve the body's own insulin production. The scientists recruited 91 people, aged between 10 and 30 years old, to take part in the double-blind randomised trial. All patients had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes within the last 100 days and continued with their prescribed insulin therapy throughout the study. The results showed those in the baricitinib group were able safely and effectively to preserve their body's own insulin production and suppress the progression of type 1 diabetes. "Our trial showed that, if started early enough after diagnosis, and while the participants remained on the medication, their production of insulin was maintained.
"People with type 1 diabetes in the trial who were given the drug required significantly less insulin for treatment."
Dr Faye Riley, research communications manager at Diabetes UK, said of the latest trial: "These findings show by tackling the root of type 1 diabetes - an immune system attack - an existing drug can help to shield the pancreas, in people recently diagnosed with type 1, so they can continue making more insulin for longer.
"This can give people with type 1 diabetes much steadier blood sugar levels and help to protect against serious diabetes complications down the line.
"Immunotherapies are edging us towards a new era in type 1 diabetes treatment, and could help us overcome a major hurdle en route to finding a cure for the condition.
"This trial takes us another step closer."
The study was funded by JDRF, a non-profit organization which focuses on type 1 diabetes research.
The research has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. news.sky.com/story/world-firs...
XX Earlier this month, Dexcom’s G7 became compatible with two pump systems: Beta Bionic’s ilet pump and Tandem Diabetes tslim X2. Current customers should have received instructions on how to download the updated software - new pumps will be shipped with G7 software already loaded. Tandem has also announced their new Tandem Source platform - full launch in the US with international rollout slated for next year. Anyone in the U.S. who uses a Tandem pump-as well as their respective healthcare providers-will now have access to the Source platform. On the patient side, insulin dosage data will automatically transfer from the pump to the platform, by way of the t:connect mobile app, where it’ll be compiled into three reports for your doctor. Patients will also be able to use the platform to access new software updates for their pumps and to reorder supplies as needed. Long term, the company hopes to use the data from users - which would be blinded- to update automated insulin dosing algorithms. www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech... XX New look at benefits from a plant based diet - this research says it can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by 24%. It’s not just about weight loss. They reviewed data on more than 113,000 participants in a large-scale British observational study, gathered over 12 years. They found that normal values for cholesterol, blood sugar, inflammation, and insulin are associated with a low risk of diabetes. They also found that good liver and kidney function is important in diabetes prevention. A...